Lorde, the insanely talented 17 year-old singer who is spearheading the soundtrack for the upcoming film The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, made quite a splash last night during her live performance at the Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago.
After wowing the crowd, Lorde sat down with Billboard to discuss her involvement in the highly-anticiapted movie. “I literally watched the second film (2013’s Catching Fire) in a movie theater in New Zealand like a year ago. And now I get to curate the soundtrack. It’s crazy,” she told the outlet.
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As far as how the whole project came together, she went on to add:
It came to me through my publisher, who is always bringing me really cool, weird opportunities. He was like, do you want to do the end credits song for the film? And I said, “Oh yeah that would be awesome. Um … what are they doing for their soundtrack, just out of interest?” And he was like, “I don’t know I can find it out.” I was really keen to curate it. I had this idea that it would be really cool and I think I know what is the right sound for the project.
So they were really into it and it just started happening. It’s really been my baby, which is awesome. It’s so rewarding, but it blows my mind that this massive studio has just handed the reigns over to a 17-year-old. I’ve literally been doing it by myself, contacting every artist, sorting everything out.
Mockingjay Part 1 is set to hit theaters on November 21. If you haven’t already done so, be sure to watch the teaser trailer that debuted at Comic-Con.
